Timing of arrival from spring migration is associated with flight performance in the migratory barn swallow

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Matyjasiak, Piotr ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arrival timing; Condition dependence; Flight performance; Hirundo rustica; Migration

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY CONDITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84871937913     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1429-x     Document Type: Article

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